Browsing Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) by Subject "Land acquisitions"

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    • Agricultural land acquisition by foreign investors in Pakistan: Government policy and community responses 

      Settle, Antonia C. (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2012)
      This paper explores the Pakistani government’s 2009 agricultural investment policy package — a response to increasing foreign investor interest in agricultural land — and considers the likely implications for local communities. ...

    • 'Land belongs to the community’: Demystifying the ‘global land grab’ in Southern Sudan 

      Deng, David K. (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
      Sudan is among the global ‘hotspots’ for large-scale land acquisitions. Although most of this investment activity was thought to be focused in the Northern part of the country, recent research indicates that a surprising ...

    • Land grabbing from within: Learning from grazing disputes in Western Kavango, Namibia. 

      Muduva, Theodor (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
      In recent years Namibia has received a number of proposals from multinational agricultural corporations to develop large-scale irrigation projects, mainly in the country’s water-rich, north-eastern regions (Odendaal 2011). ...

    • Large-scale land acquisitions in Zambia: Evidence to inform policy 

      Chu, Jessica; Phiri, Dimuna (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
      Land in Zambia plays a vital role in sustaining livelihoods, ensuring food security and reducing poverty. If people are not able to access land (including communal interests, such as lands for grazing or access to water ...

    • Large-scale land acquisitions, displacement and resettlement in Zambia 

      Chu, Jessica; Young, Kathleen; Phiri, Dimuna (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
      The increase in demand for land can be attributed in part to rising incomes among middle-class Zambians, but also to the Zambian government’s drive to boost economic growth and reduce poverty by attracting foreign ...

    • The next great trek? South African commercial farmers move north 

      Hall, Ruth (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
      This paper analyses the shifting role of South African farmers, agribusiness and capital elsewhere in southern Africa and the rest of the continent. It explores recent expansion trends, investigates the interests and agendas ...

    • Understanding land acquisitions in Namibia’s communal land: Impacts and policy implications 

      Muduva, Theodor (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
      Large-scale land acquisitions by both foreign and local investors for agriculture, forestry and wildlife purposes, among others, remain a major challenge for African governments. Between 2000 and 2011, the Namibian ...